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Volume 6, Issue 55
June 22, 2007

Circulation: 18,120
Editor: Beth Keithly

Friday FYI

Newsletter from the The Office of Global Strategies and International Relations - U. T. Dallas

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University News

The Mann Institute for Research and Development in Biomedicine Opens at the Technion
Board of Regents Approves New Degree Programs for UGA Griffin Campus
Ooguri Appointed Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
Former Senator Frist to Join Princeton’s Wilson School faculty
Penn Receives Rockefeller Foundation Grant to Fund Fellowships to Rebuild New Orleans
Grant of $10 Million from Hewlett Foundation Will Support The China Law Center of Yale Law School

Industry News

General Dynamics Awarded USD$20 Million Contract to Supply RG-31 Mk5 Mine Protected Vehicles to the U.S. Army
ExxonMobil Senior Vice President Stuart McGill Announces Retirement after 38 Years of Service
Rockwell Automation Names Schmitt as Senior VP Human Resources
Fujitsu Announces Resignation of Corporate Vice President

Venture Capital News

Jaime Guzman-Fournier Joins StepStone Group as Managing Director
Core Capital Partners Hires Grant Allen as Associate
Caris & Company Appoints Dr. Kenneth Rind as Senior Advisor
Commonwealth Capital Ventures Adds New Associates to Investment Team
US Technology Industry Weakens According To Forrester/ITAA Tech Sector Index

Commentary

Da Hsuan Feng: River of Trade Corridor: 21st Century Silk Corridor

Upcoming Events

Policy Roundtable Maximizing the Economic and Cultural Impact of The University of Texas at Dallas (June 28)
SIA to Co-sponsor NANOTX’07 Conference in Dallas (Oct. 3-4)